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Read This Next – Funny Stories

Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page … More

books, funny, humour, public library, spooky funny, Young Adult

“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” by Eric Idle

From the moment I first experienced the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the Paramount theatre many years … More

Autobiography, celebrity, Eric Idle, humour, Monty Python

Tickle Your Funny Bone at Your Library

On April Fool’s Day several years ago I told my hockey-mad son that his big game was cancelled because the … More

April Fool's Day, Arthur Black, Bill Dickson and Dominique Pelletier, Erica S. Perl, Erma Bombeck, humour, Jeff Foxworthy, Judi Barrett, Marguerite Rodger

Interview with Terry Fallis

Terry Fallis earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics, he worked for cabinet ministers at Queen’s Park … More

Author Interview, Canadian Fiction, Feminism, humour, literary, novel, Terry Fallis, TIFA, Toronto International Festival of Authors

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

  Published in 2009 and classified under the genres of fantasy fiction / science fiction, Shades of Grey by Jasper … More

fantasy, humour, Jasper Fforde, series, Shades of Grey, trilogy

Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes

In the follow-up to her bestselling novels, Me before You and After You, author Jojo Moyes has published  an  eclectic  … More

contemporary, drama, humour, Jojo Moyes, men/women relationships, Paris for One, Short Stories

Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen

This elegantly written book shows just how connected we all are.  Here in Thunder Bay, it’s common to discover you … More

contemporary, fashion, humour, Jane L Rosen, Lifestyle, shared experiences, women's fiction

Midnight Riot (Rivers of London series) by Ben Aaronovitch

At first glance Midnight Riot is a murder mystery or perhaps a police procedural, however by page five Nicholas Wallpenny … More

Ben Aaronovitch, contemporary, fantasy, humour, mystery, Peter Grant, police procedural, Rivers of London, urban fantasy

The Books of Mo Willems

Elephant and Piggie. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Knuffle Bunny. These perennial story-time favourites were all created by … More

award winners, children's books, children's literature, classic, humour, Knuffle Bunny, Mo Willems, Pigeon books, reading suggestions

The Pub across the Pond by Mary Carter

Having returned recently from a wonderful trip to Ireland, I really wanted to love this book. The plot is centered … More

America, contemporary, gambling, humour, ireland, Mary Carter, Ohio, Pub across the Pond, romance

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